Publications

Curious about how much Chinese aid in spent in the Pacific? Check out Mapping Chinese Aid in the Pacific , by Dr Philippa Brant. It's the first comprehensive survey of Chinese-funded aid projects in the Pacific Islands region, presented as an interactive map. Aid data has the potential to radically...

Australia's embattled prime minister got less, and more, than he bargained for during his quick visit to New Zealand over the weekend. Australia may have lost the World Cup cricket fixture to a rising New Zealand team, but Tony Abbott got a rare vote of confidence in his leadership style from his...

Mapping Chinese aid in the Pacific , an interactive map launched by the Lowy Institute today, is the first comprehensive survey of Chinese-funded aid projects in the Pacific Islands region. Lowy Institute Research Associate Dr Philippa Brant drew on over 500 sources including budgets, tender...

The gangland-style killing of Boris Nemtsov on Saturday marked the worrying return of political assassination to Russia's internal power games. While Russia has remained one of the most dangerous places to be a government opponent or outspoken journalist , murders of opposition members have...

Bringing together the best longer Interpreter articles you were too busy to read this week. On Monday, Prime Minister Tony Abbott gave the National Security Statement , which addressed the threat of radical Islamic terrorism and how the Government has chosen to respond. Sam Roggeveen gave a first...

It seems my colleague Stephen Grenville is somewhat sceptical of quantitative easing (QE). He says 'QE might have been an admirable second-best policy, but it was still "beggar-thy-neighbour".' I agree that QE (where the Federal Reserve purchased long term government bonds along with securities...